The Wadati-Benioff zone outlines the ________ at a convergent boundary.
A) ocean trench
B) ocean ridge
C) subducting plate
D) transform fault
Question 2
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below. Plate tectonic works because lithosphere is less dense than asthenosphere at divergent boundaries and more dense than asthenosphere at convergent boundaries.
A) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
B) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
C) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
D) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Measures of ocean chlorophyll-a concentrations from part of Atlantic Canada in (a) January 2006, and
Convergent evolution for coloration
Mt. Pinatubo A Volcano at a Convergent Plate Boundary
The path of the conveyor is complex and affected by deep ocean topography
Convergent and Divergent Boundaries
Zone dimensions are not drawn to scale.